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The World's Greatest Composers Generals and other Noteworthy People from the Civil War The Presidents of the United States The First Ladies of the United States Homes and Monuments of and to Famous People Historical People and Events by Month for Each Day of the Year! Famous Figures in Black History The Calvert Family and the Lords Baltimore Understanding the American Revolution and its People
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Historical People and Events for July
July 1 The first adhesive postage stamp was offered for sale, 1847 The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, began, 1863 United States Post Office started 5-digit zip codes, 1963 Medicare federal insurance program went into effect, 1966 July 2 President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington Railroad Station, 1881 Amelia Earhart and her airplane were lost in Pacific Ocean, 1937 The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 Author Ernest Hemingway died in Ketchum, Idaho, 1961 July 3 The Battle of Gettysburg ended, with a Union victory,1863 Idaho entered the Union, 1890 (43rd) First Lady Harriet Johnston died, 1903 Congress created the United States Veterans Administration, 1930 Singer Jim Morrison of the Doors died in Paris at age 27, 1971July 4 The Declaration of Independence was approved, 1776 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, 1826 James Monroe died, 1831 Calvin Coolidge was born, 1872 July 5 Naval hero David Farragut was born in Tennessee, 1801 First Lady Mary McElroy was born, 1841 The Salvation Army was founded in London, 1865 The bikini bathing suit made its debut in Paris, France, 1946 July 6 Louis Pasteur successfully tested an anti-rabies vaccine on a boy bitten by an infected dog, 1885 First Lady Nancy Reagan was born, 1921 The first All-Star baseball game was played in Chicago, 1933 During the Revolutionary War, British forces captured Ft. Ticonderoga, 1777 July 7 The United States annexed Hawaii, 1898 The Reader's Digest was founded, 1922 First women were sworn as F.B.I. agents, 1972 July 8 Colonel John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, 1776 First Lady Grace Coolidge died, 1957, Florentz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies," on the roof of the New York Theatre, 1907 July 9 The Declaration of Independence was read aloud to General George Washington's troops in New York, 1776 President Zachary Taylor died, 1850 Louisiana and South Carolina were re-admitted to the Union, 1868 July 10 The US frigate " United States" was launched, 1797First Lady Julia Tyler died, 1889 Wyoming entered the Union, 1890 (44th) The Battle of Britain began, 1940 The Bahamas became independent after three hundred years of British colonial rule, 1973 The Beatles UK album, A Hard Day's Night, was released, 1964July 11 President John Quincy Adams was born, 1767 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded by in a pistol duel, by Vice President Aaron Burr 1804 United States Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base, Colorado, 1955 July 12 Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was born, 100 B.C. First Lady Dolly Madison died, 1849 Congress authorized the Medal of Honor, 1862 George Eastman, was born in Waterville, New York, 1854 July 13 The Northwest Ordinance was issued, 1787 Alabama readmitted to the Union, 1868 July 14 The French Revolution began, 1789 William H. Bonney "Billy the Kid" was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett, 1881 President Gerald R. Ford was born, 1913 July 15 Dutch painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands, 1606 Georgia readmitted to the Union, 1870 William H. Bonney "Billy the Kid" died at age 21, 1881 The Boeing Company, was founded in Seattle, 1916 July 16 General Ulysses S. Grant was named commander-in-chief of all the Union armies, 1862 First Lady Mary Lincoln died, 1882 The first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,1935 The first atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico, 1945 John F. Kennedy, Jr., 38, and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, 33, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, 34, were killed when the Piper Saratoga Airplane he piloted crashed off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1999 July 17 Spain ceded Florida to the United States, 1821 The British royal family adopted the name, Windsor, 1917 Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California, 1955 " Irma La Douce" opened on Broadway, 1958July 18 The great fire of Rome began, A.D. 64 Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, 1847 Professional baseball great Ty Cobb hit safety for 4000th time, 1927 The Spanish Civil War began as General Francisco Franco led an uprising of troops based in Spanish North Africa, 1936 July 19 John F. Kennedy was nominated by the Democratic Party for president, 1960 Apollo 11 orbited the moon, 1969 Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle, 1985 Longfellow published " Evangeline," 1847July 20 Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, a fugitive since Little Big Horn, surrendered to federal troops, 1881 The first man (Astronaut Neil Armstrong) to set foot on the moon, 1969 America's Viking I robot spacecraft made the first-ever landing on Mars, 1976 An attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler failed, only wounding him, 1944 The Beatles US album, Something New, was released, 1964July 21 The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), Virginia, occurred, 1861 First Lady Frances Cleveland was born, 1864 Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, 1899 July 22 The city of Cleveland was founded by General Moses Cleveland, 1796 Katharine Bates wrote America the Beautiful, 1893American citizenship was re-granted to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, by President James Carter, 1975 Bank robber John Dillinger was shot and killed by F.B.I. agents outside a Chicago theatre, 1934 The Beatles US album, Introducing The Beatles, was released, 1963July 23 The Civil War Battle of Atlanta occurred, 1864 President Ulysses S. Grant died, 1885 Puerto Rico voted to remain a United States commonwealth, 1967 The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches, during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, 1904 July 24 Brigham Young and his followers arrived at the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1847 President Martin Van Buren died, 1862 Tennessee readmitted to the Union, 1866 July 25 First Lady Anna Harrison was born, 1775 Ulysses S. Grant named General of the Army, 1866 The Central Intelligence Agency was created, 1947 Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States, 1952 July 26 Benjamin Franklin became Post-Master General and the Postal Service was established, 1775 New York entered Union, 1788 (11th) Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron died in Buenos Aires at age 33, 1952 July 27 The Bank of England received a royal charter as a commercial institution, 1694 United States State Department was established, 1789 Bugs Bunny made his cartoon debut, 1940 General George McClellan replaced General McDowell, 1861 July 28 Johann Sebastian Bach died, 1750 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was born, 1929 The World War II, fall of Mussolini, 1943 July 29 Queen Victoria restated British neutrality, 1863 Painter Vincent van Gogh died in Auvers, France, 1890 First telephone conversation occurred from New York to San Francisco, 1914 International Atomic Energy Agency was established, 1957 July 30 The City of Baltimore was founded, 1729 First color motion pictures were exhibited, 1928 Former Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit, 1975 Medicare bill signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 July 31 St. Ignatius of Loyola, died in Rome, 1556 President Andrew Johnson died, 1875
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